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Qadri has a little space reserved right next to his wife's grave in the mausoleum where he wishes to be buried after his death. A total of Rs 11 lakh was spent, but now I have to get marble studded on the monument and also to build a lush green park around it, both of which is likely to cost me another Rs 6-7 lakh," Qadri said.Īfter his wife's death, Qadri buried her on his agricultural land, and then later began the construction. "Initially, I sold a piece of land for Rs 6 lakh and my wife's gold and silver jewellery for Rs 1.5 lakh and got the 'makbara' (mausoleum) constructed with the help of a local mason named Asgar. Three years later, the construction came to a halt as the grieving man had no finances left to complete the most treasured gift for his late wife. Qadri started the construction of the mini Taj right after wife Tajamulli death. But time is slowly ticking away for the retired postmaster. And more than three-and-a-half centuries later, an 80-year-old man from Bulandshahr is building another one in memory of his late 'Begum'.įaizul Hasan Qadri, a retired postmaster from Kaser Kalan village (around 50km from Bulandshahr in western Uttar Pradesh), married Tajamulli in 1953.įifty-eight years later when Tajamulli Begum died due to throat cancer in 2011, Qadri devoted all his finances in setting up a 'mini Taj Mahal' - a structure to embody his love for her. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal.